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Mr. Gellert has served as our director since February 1999 and has served as our President and Chief Executive
Officer since August 1998. Mr. Gellert has been a director of Ventas, Inc., a NYSE-listed company, since August 2001.
Mr. Gellert also is currently a member of the Board of Directors of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a national
association representing over one thousand health insurance companies.
Previously, Mr. Gellert served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from May 1997 until August 1998.
From April 1997 to May 1997, Mr. Gellert served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Gellert served as President and Chief Operating Officer of HSI from June 1996 until March 1997. He served on the
Board of Directors of HSI from June 1996 to April 1997. Prior to joining HSI, Mr. Gellert directed Shattuck Hammond
Partners Inc.’s strategic advisory engagements in the area of integrated delivery systems development, managed care
network formation and physician group practice integration. Prior to joining Shattuck Hammond Partners Inc.,
Mr. Gellert was an independent consultant, and from 1988 to 1991, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Bay Pacific Health Corporation. From 1985 to 1988, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for
California Healthcare System.
Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Gellert should serve as one of our directors due to his
distinguished career in the managed care industry and as a senior executive, which provides our Board of Directors with
demonstrated leadership capabilities and expertise in business, management and the health care industry. As a senior
executive of our Company since 1997 and our predecessor during 1996, Mr. Gellert brings in-depth operational
knowledge and understanding of all facets of our business. In addition, as our President and Chief Executive Officer, he
serves as a valuable bridge between management and the board, ensuring that both groups act with a common purpose.
Mr. Gellert’s extensive knowledge of our operations and the markets in which we compete, combined with his
experience on the board of another NYSE-listed company, enable him to identify important matters for board review and
deliberation.
Mr. Greaves has served as our director since April 1997 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in
January 2004. Mr. Greaves served as a director of HSI from January 1994 until the FHS Combination in April 1997.
Mr. Greaves served as our Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer from
January 1994 (upon consummation of the HSI Combination) until March 1995. Prior to January 1994, Mr. Greaves
served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of H.N. Management Holdings,
Inc., a predecessor to Health Net (“HN Management Holdings”), since its incorporation in June 1990. Prior to this,
Mr. Greaves served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, from February 1982 until the incorporation of HN
Management Holdings in June 1990, and additionally as Chairman, from September 1989 until the incorporation of HN
Management Holdings in June 1990, of Health Maintenance Network of Southern California (the predecessor to H.N.
Management Holdings). Mr. Greaves currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Health Net of California,
Inc. (“HN California”), our subsidiary. Mr. Greaves also served a prior term as Chairman of the Board of Directors of
HN California, and concurrently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HN California. Prior to joining
Health Maintenance Network of Southern California, Mr. Greaves held various management roles at Blue Cross of
Southern California, including Vice President of Human Resources and Assistant to the President, and held various
management positions at Allstate Insurance Company from 1962 until 1968.
With a distinguished career of over forty years of management experience in key leadership roles, including as
former Chief Executive Officer of our Company and its predecessors in interest, our Board of Directors has concluded
that Mr. Greaves possesses demonstrated leadership capabilities and in-depth knowledge of our history and all aspects of
our business and, therefore, he should serve as one of our directors. His extensive management experience and
knowledge and understanding of our business and operations combine to provide our Board of Directors with valuable
guidance and input on the many strategic and operational issues we face. In addition, having served on several boards of
directors, Mr. Greaves has considerable governance experience that he contributes to board discussions and
deliberations.
Mr. Mancino has served as our director since November 2012. Mr. Mancino has been a partner in the Corporate
Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP since October 2014, where he is national head of the firm’s health care practice. Prior
thereto, Mr. Mancino was a partner at Hunton & Williams LLP from June 2011 until joining Seyfarth Shaw and
previously was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP from 1987 to 2011. For more than 40 years, Mr. Mancino has
represented numerous types of health care and non-profit organizations on tax, business, and financial matters.
Mr. Mancino has extensive experience in audit, appeals and tax controversy issues. Mr. Mancino has also served as a
director of HSI from January 1994 until HSI’s April 1997 merger transaction with Foundation Health Corporation. From
April 1997 to November 2012, Mr. Mancino served as a director of HN California.
Mr. Mancino served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Burn Foundation from 1995 to July
2015, and has served as Chairman Emeritus since July 2015. Mr. Mancino has also been a member of the Boards of